Container for toilet creams and the like



Oct. 23,1923. "1,471,735

. w. B. JAMES CONTAINER FOR TOILET GREAMS AND THE LIKE Filed June 27.1921 INVEN TOR.

/6 I 7 BY I Patented ct. 23, 1923. i i

" UNITED srn 1,471,735 TnsrA ENT. OFFICE.-

WI LLAM names, or LOS ANGELES, cALrromwm.

I comm non. 'rornn'r A licatio -medium a,

To all whom it may concern:

c Be it knpwn that I, WILmAM B. James, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing a at vLos Angeles, in the county of LosmAngeles andState of California, have invented new and useful Improvements inContainers for Toilet Creams and the like, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates generally to toilet articles, and more particularlyto a holder for the collapsible metal tubes that are generally utilizedas containers for toilet reams, dental'paste, shaving cream and thelike; the principal objects of my. invention being to provide arelatively simple and convenient holder or container for the collapsibletubes, and which holder is of such structure as to enable it to beeasily and cheaply produced; to "provide a device that'willreceivean'dhold a.collap'sible tube and prevent the same from beingcrushed or broken,

when packed *in a trunk or traveling bag; further, to combine with thedevice, means for gradually collapsing the tube ,to efi'ect. a

dischargeof. the. contents thereof; and fur- .ther, to provide acollapsible tube holder that will receive and retain the collapsibletube in .a convenientmanner, and which may be placed in an uprihtposition on a flat surface such as a tabl%.

With the foregoing .and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts thatwill be hereinafter more fully "de-' scribed and claimed, andillustrated. in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. -1.is a perspective 'view of the main body portion of a collapsibletube holder or container of my improved construction.'

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the remov- Fig. 3 is a perspective viewofa collapsible metal tube that is adapted to be received by my improvedholder or container.

Fig-4 is a perspective view of the rotary member that is adapted toengage the colj .tioned 3min.

. collapsible tube positioned'therein.

lapsible tube for the purpose of folding or collapsing the same toeffect a discharge of its contents.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of my improved holder or container; with aportion of one of the walls broken away and showing a Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the holder or container with a collapsibletHbBQPOSltially straight bead 20.

In order to gradually collapse or fold thef rotated.

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- Fig. 7 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line Z-7 ofFig. 6. The main bodyportion ofthe holder or container is preferablyconstructed fromsuitable sheet metal that is presesed to form vasubstantially rectangular structure compr1s1ng slde walls 103 end wallsll-and a cap or top plate 12, which latter is made slightly convex incross section and being provided at its center with an aperture '13- ofsuch size as to receive the threaded nipple or neck of a collapsiblemetal tube.

The end walls 11 are provided with vertically disposed slots 14, and,under normal positioned: within the holder, thereby gripping-said tubeand firmly retaining it in proper position within the holder orcontainer. y

' Adapted to be removably positioned on the lower end of the holder is asubstantially rectangular securing cap 16'comprising side and end wallsthat are substantially L--, Y

shaped in cross section, and the end wallsbeing indented or pressedinwardly as designatedby 17 in order to enter the lower portions of theslots 14 in the end walls of the holder when the bottom cap is appliedthereto, and to. prevent accidental displacement or distortion. ablebase .portionof the holder or container. n

The numeral 18jdesignates the body of a collapsible metal tube of thetype generally used for containing toilet creams, dental paste and thelike, .the upper endof said tube being provided with a removable cap 19and the lower portionof the body of said i tube being folded over toform a body of the tube 18, I utilize a short shaft substan or stem 21that is slottedas designated by Y 22 in order to receive the foldedlower end portion 20 of the tube 18 and'onc end of said \shaft or stemcarrying a milled head or disc 23 whereby it may 'be readily engaged andtube, and .by engagin To properlyarrange a collapsible tube within myimproved holder, said tube is p0- sitioned within the holder with thecap 19 projecting through a pcrture 13, and after the slotted stem orshaft 2l'has been positioned on the folded lower end portion 20 of thetube with the milled head or disc projecting beyond one of the slots 14in the holder, the lower endsof the side walls of said holder are forcedtoward each other so that cap 16 may be positioned on the lower ends ofthe side and end walls of the body of the holder,

and, as :the side walls are thus moved todisc 23 and rotatingt e sameand the stem or shaft 21, a portion of the lower end of the collapsibletube will be wound upon said shaftor stem and consequently forcing aportion of the contents of the tube out through the nipple or. threadedstem at the upper endthereof.

collapsible tubeholder or container of my improved construction iscomparatively simple, may be easily and cheaply produced,

may be made in various'sizes for the accom- 4 modation of differenttoilet articles that are put up in collapsibletubes, and serves toprevent the contained tube from being Crushed or broken when packed in atraveling bag or trunk.

the milled head 01' It will be readily understood that minor changes inthe size, form and construction of the various parts of my improvedcollapsible tube holder or container, may be made and substituted forthose herein shown a'nd described Without departing from the-spirit ofmy invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. A container adapted to receive a col-' .lapsible tube and having atits top an aperm ture through which the nipple of the tube may project,said container having also an interior, transverse, tube-retaining ribor bead near the top thereof and a longitudinally arranged slot, andalso a removable securing cap adapted to cooperate with said slot toclose one end of said container and to prevent accidental displacementor distortion, said slot being provided with a shaft fitting rotatablytherein and having an op? erating head, said shaft being slotted toreceive the folded end of the collapsible tube.

2. A container formed of sheet metal and adapted to receive acollapsible tube and having an aperture in its upper end through whichthe nipple of the tube may project and having vertical slots in.opposite sides and an open lower end into which the slots extend, ashaft fitting in the slots and having a slot to cceive the lower end ofthe collapsible tube, and a cap fitting the lower end of the 'containerand holding the shaft in place, said cap having indented portions to fitin the lower ends of the slots:

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification;

WILLIAM B. JAMES.

